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Java - convert string to datetime
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In this article, we would like to show you how to convert string to datetime in Java.
Quick solution:
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String string = "27/07/2021 20:25:55";2
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SimpleDateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yyyy HH:mm:ss");4
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Date date = formatter.parse(string);6
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System.out.println(date); // Tue Jul 27 20:25:55 CEST 2021
In this example, we present how to convert different types of string to datetime.
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import java.text.ParseException;2
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;3
import java.util.Date;4
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public class Example {6
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public static void main(String[] args) throws ParseException {8
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String string1 = "27/07/2021 20:25:55";10
String string2 = "27-Jul-2021 20:25:55";11
String string3 = "Tue, Jul 27 2021 20:25:55";12
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SimpleDateFormat formatter1 = new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yyyy HH:mm:ss");14
SimpleDateFormat formatter2 = new SimpleDateFormat("dd-MMM-yyyy HH:mm:ss");15
SimpleDateFormat formatter3 = new SimpleDateFormat("E, MMM dd yyyy HH:mm:ss");16
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Date date1 = formatter1.parse(string1);18
Date date2 = formatter2.parse(string2);19
Date date3 = formatter3.parse(string3);20
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System.out.println(date1); // Tue Jul 27 20:25:55 CEST 202122
System.out.println(date2); // Tue Jul 27 20:25:55 CEST 202123
System.out.println(date3); // Tue Jul 27 20:25:55 CEST 202124
}25
}Output:
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Tue Jul 27 20:25:55 CEST 20212
Tue Jul 27 20:25:55 CEST 20213
Tue Jul 27 20:25:55 CEST 2021